Superintendent - Concentrator Scheduling

• A company with a world-class reputation for safety and performance
• Lead a team that develops and communicates production plans to key stakeholders for the Bingham Canyon's mineral deposit
• Excellent opportunity to work in a global company with broad opportunities - Rio Tinto Concentrator- Salt Lake City, UT

About the role

We are looking for a Superintendent - Concentrator Scheduling to join the Rio Tinto Kennecott Minerals Productivity and Scheduling team to support the business and operations through operations scheduling, technical analysis, and collaborating with multiple teams and sites on improvement projects.

This role is a great opportunity to develop your mining and milling skills. Reporting to the Manager - Productivity and Scheduling, primarily you will be:

• Responsible for leading a team of engineers that generate and publish the scheduling plans in both the daily and weekly space
• Collaborating with Mine Scheduling, Ore Body Knowledge, Asset Management, Operations, and Metals/Minerals teams to optimize the ore delivery and mineral processing strategies
• Responsible for overseeing the annual capital budget for the concentrator, working with stakeholders in the asset management, operational, and technical teams
• Managing operations and asset management consumables
• Managing contractors to ensure safety and business objectives are achieved

Secondarily you will be asked to:

• Identifying and executing cost savings initiatives and improvement projects
• Assist with concentrator performance projects and analysis
• Support safety projects and incident management efforts
• Prepare reports to display team KPI's, month end projections and forecasts, and monthly reconciliation
• Conduct financial analyses for capital requests/approvals

About you

To succeed in this role, you will have:

• A Bachelor's Degree in Metallurgical or Chemical Engineering or equivalent studies
• 5+ years' experience working in processing
• Strong safety mentality and familiarity with safety systems
• Proven ability to operate independently and in small multi-discipline teams
• Experience working in technical teams, contributing to projects, and an ability to build collaborative relationships
• Well-developed analytical skills and technical competencies
• Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal skills to effectively communicate with employees at all levels of the organization
• Intermediate to Advanced proficiency in MS Office

It will also be beneficial if you have:

• Knowledge of copper ore processing
• Knowledge of mining operations
• Knowledge of maintenance or production planning
• Ability to lead technical teams
• Project Management skills

What we Offer

We are committed to providing our employees with a generous benefits package. Be recognized for your contribution, your thinking, your hard work, and go home knowing you've helped the world progress, we provide:

• A safety-focused and inclusive working environment
• Advantageous salary package with annual cash incentive awards (STIP) for eligible employees
• Access to top-tier family-friendly health programs including medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, life insurance coverage, and various voluntary benefits.
• Excellent retirement plan including up to 6% defined company contribution; Generous 401k matching program
• Generous Rio Tinto employee share program, which allows you to purchase Rio Tinto Company shares.
• Comprehensive leave policies which cover all moments that matter in life: PTO (paid time off), paid holidays, and paid bereavement leave.
• A favorable child-caregiver leave program (Up to 100% salary top-up)
• Discount programs for leisure purposes and access to Virgin Pulse with incentives supporting your wellbeing
• Ongoing Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for you and your family; to help in addressing educational opportunities, addiction treatment, depression, stress, domestic issues, financial management, and legal concerns.
• Our team and industry experts are here to support and work with you to explore your learning potential and career goals

About Rio Tinto

Every idea, every innovation, every little thing the world calls 'progress' begins with a first step, and someone willing to take it: explorers, inventors, entrepreneurs. Pioneers For nearly 150 years, Rio Tinto has been a company of pioneers - generations of people spanning the globe, all with the grit and vision to produce materials essential to human progress. 

Our iron ore has shaped skylines from Shanghai to Sydney. Our aluminium - the world's first to be certified 'responsible' - helps planes fly and makes cars lighter. Our copper helps wind turbines power cities and our boron helps feed the world, and explore the universe.
Our diamonds help us celebrate the best parts of life. 

Where you'll be working

Our Kennecott mine is a world-class, fully integrated copper mining operation, including a concentrator, smelter and refinery, located just outside Salt Lake City, Utah, in the United States. We produce copper, precious metals including gold and silver, molybdenum and sulfuric acid. Kennecott has been mining and processing minerals from the rich ore body of the Bingham Canyon Mine since 1903, and is one of the top producing mines in the world, comprising approximately 11 percent of U.S. annual copper production.

Every Voice Matters

At Rio Tinto, we particularly welcome and encourage applications from Indigenous Peoples, women, the LGBTQ+ community, mature workers, people with disabilities and people from different cultural backgrounds.

Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/D/V

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